Proton VPN

Proton VPN, based in Plan-les-Ouates, Geneva, describes itself simply: "Get fast, secure VPN service in {variable_totalVpnCountries}+ countries. Download our free VPN now, or check out Proton VPN Plus for even more premium features." To AI engines like ChatGPT and Perplexity it is partially visible, scoring 6.7 out of 10, readable in places and missing in others.

On the page itself the strengths are clear: a clear heading structure, a clearly stated business identity, crawler access and the files AI engines look for and sitemaps and entity links AI can follow. It is passable on some structured data and a few credibility markers.

Away from its own site, the domain reads as established, it turns up in press coverage and people discuss it in places AI engines read. Beyond that, almost no other sites link to it, AI engines do not yet recognise it as a distinct business and it does not come up on Reddit. Those are earned elsewhere on the web, not fixed on the site itself.

AI crawlers have visited 2 times in our tracking, including GPTBot (ChatGPT). It does link out to several social profiles, which helps engines tie the brand together.